Watch-bow



a. P. BAILEY.

WATCH BOW. APPucmon' man OCT. 15, m9.

Patented Aug. 3, 1920. I

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HAROLD 1. BAILEY, OF FRANKLIN, NEW HAMPSHIRE.

WATCH-BOW.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 3, 1920.

Application filed October 15, 1919'. Serial No. 330,777.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HAROLD P. BAILEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Franklin in the county of Merrimack, State of New llampshire, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Watch- Bows; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to watch case pendants, and more especially to bow fasteners including a sleeve; and the object of the invention is to mount the bow on the pendant in such manner that when the bow stands in its normal position and substantially in the plane of the case, the outer bar of the how closely overlies the crown of the stem so that it may not be drawn,

ence being had to the drawings wherein:

Figure l is a plan View of a watch'embodying this invention, strapped to the back of the left wrist.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged section in the plane of the watch, taken through the pendant and the parts attached thereto, and

Fig. 3 is a'similar section in .a plane at right angles to that of Fig. 2.

As this invention is intended to be applied to a wrist watch, the case 1 hasat its bottomv a loop 2. Also it is provided at its top with an upstanding tubular pendant 3 externally threaded at 4: around its tip and shouldered at 5 around its base next the case. Through this pendant is mounted the stem 6 which must be rotated to wind the watchand drawn outward and turned to set the watch, and the outer end of the stem carries a knurled knob or crown 7.

Loosely mounted around the pendant is Y a sleeve 10 having sockets 11 in opposite sides into which are sprung and within which are pivotally mounted the extremities of a split ring which constitutes the bow 12, the size or shape of this how being such that in its usual and normal position where it lies in the plane of the watch its outer side or cross bar rather closely overlies the crown '7. The result that the latter may not be moved outward to set the watch, unlessthe bow is first swung asidewhere it is pivotally mounted in the sockets 11. Finally a threaded washer ornut 14; is screwed onto sleeve 10 in'place. lVhen now a strap 15 leads from the loop 2 around the' wrist and is connected with the bowand tightened up, the bow will be held by the strap in such position that its cross bar overlies the crown and extends almost across its center, depending on the size of the watch and the wearers wrist and the shape of the back of the latter,

Upon removing the watch from the wrist the threads 4t 01": the pendant to hold the end, and the setting mechanism including a a stem projecting'through the pendant and having a crown at its outer end; of a nut on said threads beneath the crown, a sleeve revolubly mounted on the pendant between its shoulder and said nut, the sleeve having sockets in its opposite sides, and a bow consisting of a split ring whose extremities are mounted in said sockets.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

HAROLD P. BAILEY. 

